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Children's Literature
EL ED 340 | University Course
Trends and titles in children's and adolescent literature. Reading and critiquing as well as practical uses of children's literature in both school and home.
Course Details
Note
In addition to the required textbook and novels listed in the "Textbooks" section, students will also need to have access to over 50 additional books of children's literature of their choosing (see syllabus for details).
Course Outline
1. Why Read?
2. Books for the Young
3. History of Children's Literature, Classics, and Genre
4. Traditional Fantasy: Folk and Fairy Tales
5. Modern Fantasy
6. Contemporary Realistic Fiction, Humor, and Mystery/Suspense
7. Adventure, Historical Fiction, and Biography
8. Poetry
9. Informational Books
10. The Classroom
2. Books for the Young
3. History of Children's Literature, Classics, and Genre
4. Traditional Fantasy: Folk and Fairy Tales
5. Modern Fantasy
6. Contemporary Realistic Fiction, Humor, and Mystery/Suspense
7. Adventure, Historical Fiction, and Biography
8. Poetry
9. Informational Books
10. The Classroom
Syllabus
Textbooks
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Children of the Dust Bowl (Required) by: Jerry Stanley ISBN: 9780517880944 1992 Yearling |
Rental: $4.99 Used: $8.25 New: $10.99 |
Purchase from: $7.99 |
Collectible from $24.00 Used from $1.36 New from $5.23 |
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Children's Lit BrieflyChildern’s Lit Briefly- 7th Edition (Required) by: M. Tunnell ISBN: 9780135185872 2019 Pearson |
Used: $65.00 Rental: $30.99 New: $86.65 |
Purchase from: $74.99 |
Used from $70.50 New from $74.66 |
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Lincoln: a Photobiography (Required) by: Russell Freedman ISBN: 9780395518489 1989 Clarion Books |
Purchase from: $9.99 |
New from $6.00 Collectible from $6.00 Used from $1.16 |
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Stargirl (Required) by: Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 9780375822339 Novel |
Purchase from: $9.99 |
Collectible from $24.00 New from $6.39 Used from $1.16 |
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The Book of Three (Required) by: Lloyd Alexander ISBN: 9780805080483 2006 Square Fish |
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The Dark is Rising (Required) by: Susan Cooper ISBN: 9780689829833 1999 Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Purchase from: $9.99 |
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The Wednesday Wars (Required) by: Gary D. Schmidt ISBN: 9780547237602 Novel |
New: $8.99 |
Purchase from: $4.71 Rental from: $7.19 |
Collectible from $3.26 New from $1.00 Used from $1.16 |
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond, (Required) by: Elizabeth George Speare ISBN: 9780547550299 Novel |
New: $8.99 |
Purchase from: $4.71 |
Used from $1.36 Collectible from $5.00 New from $7.19 |
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| 1. Choose one of these two books: (Required) | ||||
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Harry Potter (Any from the Series) by: J K Rowling ISBN: 9780590353427 Novel |
New from $24.00 |
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Tuck Everlasting by: Natalie Babbitt ISBN: 9780374480097 Novel |
Purchase from: $9.99 |
Used from $2.99 Collectible from $53.00 New from $15.01 |
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| 2. Choose one of these two books: (Required) | ||||
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Frindle by: Andrew Clements ISBN: 9780689818769 Novel |
New: $7.99 |
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Skinnybones by: Barbara Park ISBN: 9780679887928 1997 Yearling |
New: $1.00 |
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| 3. Choose one of these two books: (Required) | ||||
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View From the Cherry Tree by: Willo Davis Roberts ISBN: 9781481439947 Alladdin |
Purchase from: $8.99 |
Used from $2.06 New from $7.31 |
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Wait Till Helen Comes by: Mary Downing Hahn ISBN: 9780380704422 Novel |
Purchase from: $4.19 |
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| 4. Choose one of these two books: (Required) | ||||
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So Far from the Bamboo Grove by: Yoko Watkins ISBN: 9780688131159 Novel |
New: $1.00 |
Purchase from: $5.23 |
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Year of the Impossible Goodbyes by: Sook Nyul Choi ISBN: 9780440407591 1993 Yearling |
Collectible from $5.95 Used from $1.16 New from $2.89 |
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| 5. Choose one of these two books: (Required) | ||||
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Bet You Can't by: Vicki Cobb ISBN: 9780380545025 1983 HarperCollins |
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Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by: Susan Campbell Bartoletti ISBN: 9780439353793 2005 Scholastic |
Rental: $6.99 New: $19.45 |
New from $12.99 Used from $1.56 Collectible from $11.00 |
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| 6. Choose one of these two books: (Required) | ||||
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Charlotte's Rose by: Cannon ISBN: 9780385729666 2004 Yearling |
Used from $1.18 New from $9.95 |
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The Devil's Arithmetic by: Jane Yolen ISBN: 9780142401095 Novel |
Purchase from: $7.99 |
Used from $1.18 New from $3.27 |
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Other Materials
Digital TextRequiredChildren’s Literature – Bet You Can’t! and Charlotte’s Rose. Digital version of text $18.75
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